Managing Project Baseline Changes

The company I work for is made up of many functional groups located around the world. The information technology group is responsible for providing a reliable and robust computer environment through which the company can run its global operations. The information technology group recently initiated a project to upgrade its software distribution system to a more current version. The current system is outdated and no longer supported by the manufacturer. The upgrade would allow them to regain technical support as well as leverage information within a recently deployed Active Directory, allowing for increased automation during software deployments.

Project Cost Elements

In 2003, my company launched a project to upgrade their existing Windows NT infrastructure to Windows 2003. In order to obtain project approval the project core team was tasked with creating initial cost estimates for the project. To simplify the process, the team broke the project into four phases: dealer migration, sales office migration, international sites, and the West Michigan campus. This paper will examine the different types of project-related costs for the dealer migration phase, how costs were tracked, and the relationship of the project costs to financial documents.

Using Time Value of Money and Economic Value Added for Project Selection

My company is made up of many functional groups located around the world. The information technology group is responsible for providing a reliable and robust computer environment through which the company can run its global operations. In 2006, the information technology group was approached by the sales organization and asked to provide a solution to help automate the identification and tracking of sales opportunities across the organization. They felt that using a system to better coordinate sales activities would allow them to increase sales. The information technology group worked with the sales organization to develop a detailed Request for Proposal which they sent out to vendors with potential opportunity management system solutions. The vendors responded, and after a careful review, my company selected a solution.

Project Estimating Techniques

The  company I work for is made up of many functional groups located around the world. The information technology group is responsible for providing a reliable and robust computer environment through which the company can run its global operations. The information technology group manages changes to the computer environment primarily through projects. Some of the projects are operational (upgrades to the network operating system), while other projects support the strategic initiatives of the business (providing the technology needed to open and support a new sales office). As part of the project approval process, the information technology group must estimate the time and cost needed to complete a project. Using project estimating techniques allows the information technology group to create time and cost estimates more accurately and more efficiently.